About 30 minutes after the robbery, police caught up with the men with the help of the woman who followed the suspects.

Tyrone David, 20, and Brett Walker, 23, made their first court appearances in the case on Monday afternoon to be advised of their rights, and charges will likely be filed Wednesday.

David faces an armed robbery charge, which is a felony.

Walker also is facing an armed robbery charge, along with intimidation with a weapon charge.

In the video, a man police identify as Walker can be seen flashing a gun at a clerk.

In a police report, the clerk claimed he said "Give me all the money or I will kill you."

The clerk handed over $1,000 and police said Walker and David got away with the money, but they didn't get far.

A woman sitting at a nearby stop sign saw Walker running.

"I noticed a gentleman come running out of the store and he ran up the hill to the car, got in the car and took off," Lee Prevo said.

Prevo said she didn't even know there had been a robbery, but her instincts kicked in and she followed them.

She turned her truck around, took off after the car and got the license plate number.

She said she followed them to a home where these men stopped and rolled down the window.

"When they backed up asked us why we were following them, I said, 'Are you OK because I noticed you came from the Save-a-Step?' And they said 'We are fine.' And took off," Prevo said.

Prevo went back to the Save-a-Step, where she learned there had been a robbery.

"After the cops told us a gun was involved, my guts tightened up and I was like, 'Oh wow, I could have easily been shot right there in my truck,'" Prevo said.

Prevo's description of the car led police to the suspects. Police caught up with the men at their grandmother's home in Jeffersonville. Police said the money was found on the two men and they had a gun that looked like an AK-47 in the car, but it was actually a pellet gun.

"I think it is what we need more, you don't want people to put themselves in danger, but we need people to step up and take action like this," Clarksville police Maj. Darrell Rayborn said.

David's family said he's a good man and this is his first time in trouble and he got caught up with the wrong crowd.

Walker was on probation for another charge of receiving stolen property.

Both men are being held in the Clark County jail on a $40,000 bond. Their next court date is Wednesday.

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